The brainchild of guitarist/filmmaker/producer
Steve Denny
,
Oscuro
is an exploratory instrumental album filled with sweeping, soundtrack-like soundscapes.
Industrial
loops mingle with symphonic textures. Holding it all together is
Denny
's guitar, which is grounded in
surf rock
augmented with multiple influences:
trip-hop
techno
, and
Latin
. Modal scales are frequently exploited. The work may not be quite as singularly arresting as
's work on the instrumental
Magic Box
, recorded at roughly the same time; all the same, this brand of moody, sometimes cryptic
instrumental rock
is recorded beautifully and is instilled with an air of mysterious grace. ~ Jim Esch